novelraw Chapter 238 : Truly Striking It Rich!
Chapter 238 : Truly Striking It Rich!
Chapter 238: Truly Striking It Rich!
For a moment, both the Tomorrow Alliance and Heath’s forces were utterly suppressed, unable to lift their heads.
Li Ye quickly came up with an idea.
“Yang Zheng, do you see the giant power engine on that Mobile Island? Use your electromagnetic railgun and blast it!”
“Roger!”
Yang Zheng nodded and immediately waved his hand.
“Fire!”
As the electromagnetic railgun fired, a dazzling blip lit up above the ocean.
The shell tore through the sky with immense, terrifying kinetic force, aimed straight at the Mobile Island’s power engine.
In an instant, the entire sea area was bathed in blinding light.
But the Mobile Island suddenly activated its Energy Shield Barrier.
The moment the shell made contact with the barrier, plasma arcs exploded in the air like lightning. The seawater within several dozen meters instantly vaporized, forming an expanding cloud of white mist.
Ripples spread across the surface of the barrier like waves, with hexagonal light patterns radiating rapidly outward from the point of impact, dispersing the shell’s kinetic force across the shield.
The shell struggled forward within the barrier. Its metallic casing was disintegrated and melted by the energy field, gradually turning into liquid metal.
In the end, like mercury slamming into an invisible wall, it splashed in all directions. The dispersed energy was then vented into the sea through the island’s heat dissipation fins, causing the surrounding seawater to boil and surge instantly, with clouds of steam erupting skyward.
“This—”
Everyone was stunned.
The electromagnetic railgun, usually unstoppable, had failed.
Heath let out a soft sigh.
“That’s a Level 4 Energy Shield Barrier. Naturally, it’s not something that can be broken through so easily.”
“I see,” a flicker of intrigue appeared in Li Ye’s eyes. “If we had a Level 4 electromagnetic railgun, we could’ve destroyed it.”
With such powerful firepower and defense, destroying the Mobile Island would clearly come at an enormous cost for both him and Heath.
Just then, something unusual appeared in the sky.
Li Ye looked up and spotted a blip.
It was none other than the Iron Oath Brotherhood’s Mobile Warrior, AM-W2 Unit.
Of the eight Mobile Warriors originally in combat, only it had survived.
Under everyone’s gaze, the AM-W2 Unit dove toward the Mobile Island at unprecedented speed.
Li Ye immediately realized what was happening, and a surge of excitement welled up inside him.
He understood—this Mobile Warrior was paving the way for them!
The Mobile Island clearly sensed something was wrong as well and quickly activated its Energy Shield system.
However, the AM-W2 Unit, driven by the immense kinetic energy of its high-speed dive, broke through the Energy Shield directly!
Its Electronic Warfare Pod activated, releasing dense electromagnetic pulses and data viruses. A Level 3 Mobile Island stood no chance against such an attack—its firepower systems immediately fell into chaos, the radar screen filled with static, and the CIWS turrets spun around like headless flies.
As the AM-W2 Unit deployed its High-Energy Pulse Sniper Rifle, the barrel emitted a high-frequency hum while charging. A blinding blue-white beam pierced the sky, striking the island’s power engine with pinpoint precision. The superheated plasma beam melted through three layers of composite armor, triggering a chain explosion.
Immediately after, the AM-W2 Unit’s multi-mounted missile bay opened, unleashing dozens of missiles that scattered and rained down on the island.
Some destroyed the island’s defensive structures, others skimmed the ground to take out auxiliary engines, and some specifically targeted the Monstrous Mobile Cities atop the island.
And that wasn’t all—the AM-W2 Unit then drew its High-Frequency Vibrating Blade and began slashing.
Wherever it passed, turrets, missile silos, and communication arrays were all cleanly sliced in half.
“...So strong.” Li Ye couldn’t help but murmur.
“Alliance Leader, if you could choose, which type of Mobile Warrior would you prefer—land, sea, or air?” Yang Zheng asked.
“Of course I’d choose the aerial combat type,” Li Ye answered without hesitation.
“It’s a bit early to be talking about that,” Fang Yong interjected.
Li Ye gently shook his head and smiled silently.
It wasn’t too early at all.
With the AM-W2 Unit’s help, the Mobile Island had completely lost its power and capacity to resist.
The Level 1–2 Monstrous Civilizations on the island scattered like startled birds, their Mobile Cities and vehicles fleeing in a frenzy.
The Tomorrow Alliance and Heath’s troops opened fire without restraint.
A buffet.
That was the thought that naturally formed in Li Ye’s mind.
The Level 1–2 Monstrous Civilizations were pathetically weak in resistance and had no ability to counter the Tomorrow Alliance’s air forces and fleets.
Mobile Cities, flying vehicles, waterborne vehicles... the monsters rode them and fled in chaos. The Tomorrow Alliance and Heath’s troops couldn’t even catch them all at once.
“Hold back a little—don’t blow the island to pieces,” Heath reminded. “We still need to collect metals and monster drops.”
Li Ye nodded.
“Understood.”
After a long while, the battle finally ended.
The AM-W2 Unit retracted its weapons, soared once more into the sky, and departed.
The Tomorrow Alliance and Heath’s forces began collecting the spoils of war.
To this end, Li Ye specifically dispatched the Starshine and Engineer to retrieve loot from the sea zone where they had previously battled the Ghouls.
He himself took command of the Tomorrow, Iron Whale, and Peacemaker to collect loot on the Mobile Island.
At this moment, the Mobile Island was littered with wreckage of Mobile Cities and vehicles, as well as countless monster corpses.
Li Ye and Heath divided the areas, each sending personnel and vehicles to begin collection.
This hectic operation dragged on for quite a while.
Li Ye quickly tallied the gains from the island.
As expected, it was a huge pile of Level 1–2 resources and blueprints.
What surprised Li Ye the most was that he actually found a Tier 1 City Crystal and a Tier 1 Upgrade Blueprint.
After all, several Level 1–2 Monstrous Civilizations had been stationed on the island, and with such numbers, their drops were naturally abundant.
Li Ye had already made up his mind about how to handle the City Crystal and Blueprint.
Currently, the Tomorrow Alliance had two Level 1 Mobile Cities: the Starshine and the Dawn.
The Starshine was to remain “small in size, big in punch,” so no upgrade was necessary.
However, upgrading the Dawn, being a digging-type city, would increase its internal space, allowing for better transport and storage of resources.
In emergencies, it could even carry additional population.
“Let’s give it to the Dawn.”
Over the next period, Li Ye continued searching to see if he could find a City Structure Blueprint to complete the three-piece upgrade set.
While the Tomorrow Alliance didn’t manage to find one, Heath’s side recovered two Structure Blueprints.
Upon learning of Li Ye’s situation, Heath made a suggestion.
World-class human organizations had long been gathering City Crystals, Structure Blueprints, and Upgrade Blueprints across the Wasteland.
Thus, he offered to purchase Li Ye’s City Crystal and Upgrade Blueprint on behalf of the Apocalypse Sect.
Li Ye shook his head and declined—instead, he bought one of Heath’s Structure Blueprints.
Next, he gathered resources like coal, iron ore, and fuel, ready to teleport them to the Dawn.
Upon hearing that it was the Tomorrow Alliance’s digging-type city undergoing a level-up, Heath reminded Li Ye of one crucial thing.
Digging-type cities were almost entirely defenseless in combat, making the upgrade process on the surface extremely dangerous.
Therefore, such cities often tunneled underground, creating a massive subterranean space to stay in during the upgrade.
“I see,” Li Ye suddenly understood. “Thank you for the reminder, Bishop Heath.”
So, when sending the resources, he also wrote a note to remind A Zhu.
Heath then stated that he would like to purchase all Level 1–2 blueprints in Li Ye’s possession on behalf of the Apocalypse Sect.
Before selling the low-level blueprints, Li Ye specifically had the City Committee perform a round of selection to pick out the blueprints needed for residents’ basic needs: food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
After the transaction, he received a total of 320,000 Crystal Coins.
Combined with the spoils picked up from the Mobile Island, the total abruptly rose to 640,000 Crystal Coins.
In addition, he possessed tens of thousands of units of Level 1–2 Iron Ore, Coal, Fabric, Fuel, and Timber.
On top of that, there were another three to four hundred thousand units of Metal.
Half an hour later, the Starshine and Engineer returned, bringing back a pile of loot.
The loot Li Ye cared about most was the Level 3 Blueprints.
The critical ones included: Level 3 C4 Explosives, Level 3 Hull, and Level 3 Propeller.
Plus one Vehicle Upgrade Blueprint and one Energy-saving Blueprint.
“If it’s not enough, come find me again,” he reminded.
The Starshine and Engineer also brought back hundreds of thousands of units of Metal.
At present, the Tomorrow Alliance’s Metal resources were fully sufficient.
Once they had eaten their fill, Li Ye prepared to depart.
Heath remained behind to continue guarding the Mobile Island.
In the coming days, the Apocalypse Sect would dispatch a batch of Level 3 Engineer-type Mobile Cities to repair the island and restore its mobility.
Li Ye, aboard a Black Hawk Helicopter, arrived on the deck of the Saint and met with Heath.
Heath shook his hand solemnly.
“The Tomorrow Alliance did quite well this time,” he said. “Now, the conscription of the Tomorrow Alliance has officially concluded.”
As he spoke, he took out the pre-prepared reward—the Saint was equipped with a Resource Transmission Device for receiving resources from headquarters.
One Level 3 City Structure Blueprint.
A complete set of books on Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Power Plant Operations, Mobile Warrior Piloting, and Aircraft Carrier Navigation.
Additionally, the Human Forces had granted Li Ye one Level 4 Nuclear Power Plant Blueprint.
After carefully storing away the rewards, Li Ye fell into deep thought.
As always, after a great war, the Tomorrow Alliance needed a period of recovery.
Heath deliberately informed Li Ye of one matter.
A Level 4 Airborne Mobile Island from the Human Forces would be passing through.
It was the Sky Dream Island they had previously ridden aboard.
High-level leadership would be dispatching a batch of Level 3 Engineer-type Mobile Cities from this island to repair the recently captured Mobile Island.
“By the way, have you all decided where to go next?” Heath asked.
Li Ye fell into contemplation.
The choices were: head to the Southern Continent, return to the Polar Continent, or continue developing over the ocean.
“How about the Tomorrow Alliance just takes this airborne flight,” he thought.
On one hand, they could rest on the island. On the other, they could head to a new continent to continue development.
Li Ye leaned toward returning to the Polar Continent.
Although it had suffered from Land Collapse, the Polar Continent was still explorable.
Heath, however, offered another suggestion.
“The Tomorrow Alliance could try heading to the Guixu Continent.”
Li Ye was taken aback.
“Guixu Continent? What’s special about it, Bishop Heath?”
Heath spoke gently.
“Not exactly special—but it’s a good place for you to continue developing.”
“That continent is quite suitable for Level 3 Mobile City Alliances.”
“As for the specifics, once you board the Sky Dream Island, the island’s high-level officials will meet with you to discuss in detail—how you’ll operate, and what kind of Monstrous Civilizations are there.”
“So, what do you think? Interested?”
After Heath finished, he looked at Li Ye.
After a moment of thought, Li Ye gave a light nod.
“Alright. Let’s go with your suggestion.”
As they parted, the two shook hands once more.
“Until we meet again.”
With Li Ye’s order, the Tomorrow began recovering the air fleet and naval forces.
Recovering the fighter jets was easy—they just needed to land one after another on the deck. But the Destroyers and Submarines were a bit of a hassle; they had to be dismantled at a Shipyard before they could be stored in the Vehicle Warehouse.
As for the Mechanical Squid, due to its relatively small size, it could be stored directly.
The War Committee began compiling casualty reports.
Though this battle had gone smoothly, the Tomorrow’s forces still suffered some losses—as was inevitable.
Afterward, Li Ye entered the City Simulation Training Pod and uploaded all the newly acquired books.
Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Power Plants, Mobile Warriors, Aircraft Carriers...
These were all essential systems relied on by Level 4 Mobile Cities.
Before upgrading to a Level 4 Mobile City, Li Ye needed to lay a solid foundation.
To this end, he had to recruit and train a large number of technical personnel aboard the Tomorrow, as well as Aircraft Carrier crew members and Mobile Warrior pilots.
With over 50,000 residents currently aboard the Tomorrow, manpower wasn’t an issue.
Since these were high-level talents, their starting rank was directly T4-3.
Once the news spread, residents of the Tomorrow enthusiastically signed up.
Li Ye delegated the selection and training tasks to Lin Wu.
Several hours later, the Sky Dream Island arrived.
Using Magnetic Suspension Devices, it sequentially brought the Tomorrow Alliance’s Mobile Cities aboard, while simultaneously deploying a batch of prepared Level 3 Engineer-type Mobile Cities.
Upon landing on Sky Dream Island, the Tomorrow Alliance’s Mobile Cities immediately began retrofitting for land operations.
Li Ye was surprised to find that there were far more Mobile Cities, Survivor Caravans, and Bounty Hunters stationed on the Sky Dream Island than before.
Not only that, but the number of residents on the island had also increased significantly.
Naturally, this was because the Silence Agreement had been abolished.
Whiteman brought his management team to find Li Ye and bid him farewell.
They would disembark at Sky Dream Island and take it back to report in.
“Thank you for your help during this time.” Li Ye shook his hand.
Li Ye and his companions, carrying their money, headed to the island’s official store, intending to purchase some new blueprints.
But the four of them quickly changed their minds.
Because this time, the store displayed two new blueprints:
Level 4 Universal Mobile Warrior Blueprint.
Level 4 Nuclear Reactor Blueprint.
The two together cost over one million Crystal Coins.
“How about we just buy these,” Fang Yong suggested.
“Yeah, we only lack one more Level 3 City Crystal now,” Yang Zheng said. “Just one last step.”
“With these two blueprints, we’ll avoid a lot of detours in the early stages,” Zhou Xing added. “At this point, we can delay our other needs a bit. If necessary, we’ll just hunt some Level 3 monsters for drops.”